The renovations will include converting office spaces into classroom space, Clary said.

The property was originally Shelby Christian Academy and then Ambassador Baptist College.

Hallelujah Acres, located at 900 S. Post Road in Shelby, will be vacated at the end of February.

“Hallelujah Acres made the building into office space so we will convert back to structured class room space,” she said. “We are going back to the original blueprint. As soon as the city approves the plans, we are anticipating starting renovations in mid-March.”

Developing land

The Pinnacle board announced in December that it was looking to house the school at the Hallelujah Acres site. Hallelujah Acres announced last year its plans to reloate operations to Gastonia.

Pinnacle has two other announcements planned in March: who the headmaster will be and when the State Board of Education gives final approval of Pinnacle’s charter.

“We are continuing the training process. The next big thing now that we have the lease squared away is when we get the charter,” said Wes Westmoreland, who serves on the Pinnacle School Board. “After that, we will want to move fairly quickly and start contacting everyone who has signed the letter of intent to be considered.”

Town hall meetings

Pinnacle has received close to 400 letters of intent, and leaders expect more once the school receives its charter, Clary said.

The board will hold informational town hall meetings at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 9 at New Hope Baptist Church in Earl and at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 16 at the Hallelujah Acres site.

“We are working hard to reach parents and children from every corner of the county to make sure they have that option for school,” Clary said.